Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3193, Robert Earll, Continental New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
Earll, Robert
R. 3193
CONTENTS

Robert Earll of Skaneateles Onondaga County New York Pension papers

State of New York Onondaga County ss.
Be it remembered that on this eighth day of July , A.D. 1893 personally appeared in open Court at a Court of Oyer and terminer now sitting at Onondaga before Daniel Morely Vice Chancellor of the Supreme Court in said State. Robert Eull of Skaneateles in the County of Onondaga aged seventy three years the thirtieth day of March last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th A.D. 1892 — that he volunteered in the army of the United States in the month of October in the year 1776 under one Captain Reynolds or Rannell of Colonel Eddy's Regiment, which was raised in Nova Scotia — then I was living in the town of Retoc or what was then called the Gulf of St Lawrence now called by the name of Sigmouthe — we first encountered a British vessel and took her to Savast or Green Bay, where we were compelled to give her up to her owners. Early in the following Spring I joined Captain West's company in the same regiment at the river St. Johns, where we remained until the British came into the harbor with four armed vessels. We gave them battle, but were defeated with the loss of two men killed and one wounded. We then returned up the river St. Johns about sixty miles to a French mass house or place of religious worship. The British pursued us to this place we retreated about thirty miles further up, where we joined one John Allen who had previously been appointed a Superintendent of the Indians at that place with his Clerk and Interpreter Lewis La Durney. We here hired two Indians to act as guides and pilot us through the woods to Machias where we arrived on the last of the month.

of June 1777. Here we met Colonel Eddy and a number of others Nova Scotia men going on to the head of the Bay of Fundy or Fort Cumberland for the purpose of taking it from the British. I here enlisted as a second sergeant in the Com- pany of one Captain Yeaton Howe; but before we started the same fleet which attacked us at St Johns appeared again in pursuit of us. We were set to work raising breast- works the fleet attempted to come up. I was stationed at the lower breast-work - the brig came up and fired on us - a militia Colonel by the name of Foster here took the command - we had an action which lasted about an hour and a half. The brig fell back and none of our men were killed or wounded. About dark my Captain came and relieved me having been on guard twenty- four hours. The British landed next morning just below the breast-work - came on shore and drove back Captain Howe and Company and set fire to the building - The same day the Brig came up in view of the boats with about five hundred men came from the fleet up to the town and one boat and except to land and, their cockswain being killed, they returned to the Brig. At this time Colonel Eddy ordered the Gunners to level his piece, a three pounder, over her masts to let them hear from us. Immediately she wheeled about and moved down the river. Colonel Eddy then ordered thirty volunteers to be enrolled to watch the movements of the vessel under Major Andrews or Anderson. I turned out as one of the volunteers to go on this errand of duty. We pursued her down the river about three miles when she struck a rock - We fired upon her and the men cut the boats loose and left her and passed out of her men reach. Soon after this the For- tun Regiment was ordered back to the taking of Sur- goyne; and Colonel Eddy's regiment returned with

the exception of two Companies, one under the Command of Captain West, and the name of the Captain of the other Company is not recollected - which companies stayed to guard the place and to continue the erection of the works. I here continued with Captain West's Company occupied and employed until the middle of the month of November. While here I was discharged by the Captain of the Company, and went to Boston and entered my name as a Continental wagoner to carry clothing to Fishkill in New York, in which business I continued three months. I started from Boston in December A.D. 1777 and returned in the fore part of March A.D. 1778 when I was again dismissed. I had served up to this period for the term of thirteen months as a soldier, and as a wagoner for the term of three months -
13 months.
3 mo
This Deponent further saith that from thence he went to the town of Cambridge in the (now) County of Washington and State of New York to live, frequently was called out to perform tours of militia duty. First - I performed a tour under Captain Dohy of the Militia in Colonel Van Vorts regiment and served for one month and a half commencing on the first of June and embracing three several tours to Saratoga as then called in the year 1778.
In the year 1779, I removed to Little White Creek in the same County of Washington and was engaged in the service in Captain Brown's Company for two months, on a contingent -
In the year 1780 I resided in the town of Hoosick in the now County of Rensselaer, having been then married; and during this year I performed Military service under Captain Russell for two

month) - we were stationed at Fort Edward one month in this year, and one month at Palmarstown - One Major Lansing commanded at this time at Fort Edward -
In the year 1781, I returned to Cambridge I performed Militia service for two months under the Command of Lieutenant Powell with whom we kept garrison, and went out on scouting parties -
In the year 1782 at Cambridge I performed militia service for two months, - a part of the time under the Command of Lieutenant Wright  Captain  Sturtevant , and a portion of the time under the now deceased command of Lieu- tenant Powell - The Christian names of these Officers this Deponent cannot recollect - the whole period of this Deponent's service in the Militia in the State of New York was nine months and not of a month -
And this Deponent further saith, that the manner in which he entered the service as last aforesaid in said State of New York was in being drafted to take his turn in defending the County - and that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service - He further saith that he was born in the year 1760 on the thirteenth day of March - that he has a record of his age in a bible now kept by his sister Mrs. Lucy Hawks in Onondaga. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. And he further saith that he is acquainted with that at the close of the war, he lived at Little White Creek in the town of Cambridge and now County of Washington. That

in the year 1784 this deponent moved to White Hall at the head of Lake Cham- plain and lived there til the year 1794 from thence he moved to the Town of Marcelus in the County of Onondaga and said State his present place of residence. That he moved from White Hall to this place in the year 1794 The present Town of Skaneateles is a part of the old Town of Marcelus and he further saith that he is acquainted with Timothy Cook of Marcelus now  totally Spafford and John Shepard of said Marcelus now Skaneateles who can testify to his character for truth and veracity and to the opinion and reputa- tion of the neighborhood where he resides as to his having been a soldier in the Revolution and he further states that there is no Clergyman in this deponent's neighborhood who is acquainted with him for a sufficient length of time to be acquainted with said facts.
Subscribed & sworn Robert Earl the day and year aforesaid Daniel Moseley Vice Chancellor

We Timothy Coss, late of Marcellus now Spafford, and John Shepard of Skaneateles hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Robert Coss who has signed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy three years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Subscribed & sworn in open Court the day and year aforesaid. Timothy Coss John Shepard Daniel Mosley Vice Chancellor
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the inter- rogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that that Timothy Coss who has signed the above certificate resident in Spafford late Marcellus and John Shepard who has also signed the same, resident in Skaneateles, is and are each of them credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit — Daniel Mosley Vice Chancellor

I Stephen A Goodwin Clerk of the the Court of Chancery of the Seventh District in the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Robert Earle for a pension. The testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Eighth day of July — eighteen hundred and thirty-three.
S. A. Goodwin Clerk
I hereby certify that I have resided within two miles distant from the residence of the above named applicant Robert Earle for the last eighteen years and during that time have been well acquainted with said Earle — that said Earle maintains a high reputation for integrity. he has been twice appointed Sheriff of the County of Onondaga in which he resides represented the duties of that office two years under each appointment, he has been once elected since his residence in said County, a member of the Legis- lature of the State of New York — Dated Skaneateles July 11 th 1833
H. G. Jewett M.C.
— may — we were hired two Indians to act as guides and pilots through the woods to Machias where we arrived on the last of the month.

Rev. War Section.
March 18, 1914.
Mrs. Charles P. Dawley, 1222 East 61st Street, Chicago, Ills.
Madam:
In response to your letter of the ninth instant, you are advised that in the claim of Robert Harill, R. File No. 3,423, Rev. War, the soldier alleges that he was born March 30, 1760, and that while a resident of Petoe, afterwards called Pinhook, on the Gulf of St. Lawrence, he served at different times with a regiment raised in Nova Scotia; that he was in an engagement with four British vessels on the St. Johns River. Soon after, he served as a wagoner for several months.
In 1776, he removed to Cambridge, Washington County, New York, and served at various times until 1782, under Captains Doty, Brown and Russell, and Colonel Van Woert of the New York troops.
On July 8, 1833, while a resident of Skaneateles, Onondaga County, New York, he made application for pension which was rejected on the ground that the first part of his service was rendered in a Nova Scotia regiment, not under any law of the United States and therefore not pensionable by the United States, and the services in the New York regiment, alleged

by him, were not sufficiently proven, in accordance with the Act of June 7, 1832, under which he applied.
There is no data relative to wife or children.
Very respectfully,
J. M. Saltzgeber
Commissioner.

Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir: Have you any records in connection with the Revolutionary war of the following:
John Love , born about 1743 or 4 at Bridgewater, Conn. afterwards lived at Bridgewater, Oneida Co. N.Y. but I do not know whether it was before or after the war that he moved to the latter place
Robert Eall of Whitehall Saratoga Co. N.Y. afterwards lived in Onondaga Co. Some of my relatives say he was known as General Eall. I believe it was from Whitehall he en- listed.
Noadiah Seward . Have no information of residence at the

time of the war, but name is peculiar and was probably not more than one if any of that name.
Jonas Earl , another great great grandfather.
I am trying to find records entitling me to become a member of the D.A.R. and shall be greatly obliged if you will kindly look up these four ancestors of mine if they are on your records and let me know.
Yours respectfully
Renette Earl Dawley
Mrs. Charles P. Dawley 1222 E. 61st St Chicago, Ill.
March 9. 1914

New York Revo.
Robert Earl Suspended let to J. G. Jewett 13 Aug t 1833.
3193
Act. 7 June '32

1914, March 18. History - to Mrs. Chas. P. Dawley for
P. O.
3193 Robert C. Marshall
Service:
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

13 Aug 1883
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Rec Vol 9 Page 481

War department
Pension Off
August 1833
Sir
I have the honor to inform you that the claim of Robt Paul has been examined & suspended. The alleged service in a Nova Scotia regt was not rendered under any law of the U. States & therefore not embraced by the act of 7. June. With respect to the four tours of militia service in the state of New York it can not be readily admitted that they are insusceptible of any proof and claimants are required to produce the best evidence in their power. From the phraseology it is doubtful whether he intended to allege that the service set forth was rendered in 4 or more tours. If the latter each should be separately recited with the period term & grade with names of officers & c. His papers are placed on file.
28 th June
for F. G. Smith Skaneateles